A Brief Hello and Car Buying Advice Sought
Discussion
Hello there. Just joined this forum for some advice and, as a reformed serial BMW buyer, hopefully will be able to offer some help in return.
I'm based in Northants and I'm currently driving a 2006 Audi A6 2.7TDI which, as good as it is, is a bit dull so I'm looking to change. Luckily, I'm able to afford something a bit special this time but I'm a bit stumped what to buy.
The budget is either £13K if the car is likely to suffer from depreciaition over 2 years or £17K if it's less likely to depreciate and I can get away with a balloon payment loan.
So what do I want in the car? Well, of all the cars I've owned the 2 cars that I enjoyed the most are an e24 M635csi, e30 325i Sport and a 1995 Saab 9000 Aero; rapid cars, not 'rattle your fillings' 'hardcore' sports car although can behave itself on the twisties on the occasional times I fancy a blat. Ideally the car is the same sort of 'feel' as those, manual, can have cruise control fitted (if not as standard), and will return 25mpg or better combined. As this is my last chance to buy something special, I want it to be a bit "cor mister is that your car?" (;))
As I'm looking for a daily driver, it needs to be fairly robust and reliable.
Because of my lack of imagination, I only managed to shortlist a few:
Does anyone here have any other ideas and why?
Cheers in advance.
I'm based in Northants and I'm currently driving a 2006 Audi A6 2.7TDI which, as good as it is, is a bit dull so I'm looking to change. Luckily, I'm able to afford something a bit special this time but I'm a bit stumped what to buy.
The budget is either £13K if the car is likely to suffer from depreciaition over 2 years or £17K if it's less likely to depreciate and I can get away with a balloon payment loan.
So what do I want in the car? Well, of all the cars I've owned the 2 cars that I enjoyed the most are an e24 M635csi, e30 325i Sport and a 1995 Saab 9000 Aero; rapid cars, not 'rattle your fillings' 'hardcore' sports car although can behave itself on the twisties on the occasional times I fancy a blat. Ideally the car is the same sort of 'feel' as those, manual, can have cruise control fitted (if not as standard), and will return 25mpg or better combined. As this is my last chance to buy something special, I want it to be a bit "cor mister is that your car?" (;))
As I'm looking for a daily driver, it needs to be fairly robust and reliable.
Because of my lack of imagination, I only managed to shortlist a few:
- Porsche 996 C2 (3.4)
- BMW M3
- Mercedes CLK55 AMG
- Audi RS6
Does anyone here have any other ideas and why?
Cheers in advance.
r me senseless, they're very cheap!
Oh, you noticed then 
Probably out of budget but have you thought about the non 'M' 3 series - 335d
0-60 in aprx 5 seconds - although I've seen a few different different figures floated around, it's clear it's a quick car for 35 mpg combined. An awesome car if you're willing to wait for it to come down to your budget, here's one just under 17K but they will come down further:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2335678.htm
0-60 in aprx 5 seconds - although I've seen a few different different figures floated around, it's clear it's a quick car for 35 mpg combined. An awesome car if you're willing to wait for it to come down to your budget, here's one just under 17K but they will come down further:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2335678.htm
This one is sold but if you can find another at this price then it would be a pretty safe purchase.
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2388530.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2388530.htm
kieranjholland said:
Probably out of budget but have you thought about the non 'M' 3 series - 335d
Thanks for the reply Kieran. Probably get one of those next but TBH, I've had a lot of BMWs (e24s, e30, e31, e32, e34, e36, e46) and I fancy a change of marque for a while hence why I'm driving an Audi).
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